Gorno Sonje Explained

Gorno Sonje
Official Name:Чобанија
Native Name:Горно Соње
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Skopje
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Sopište
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:362
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.9483°N 21.3855°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates

Gorno Sonje (Macedonian: Горно Соње) is a village in the municipality of Sopište, North Macedonia.

History

Within the boundary of Gorno Sonje is the Roman-era archaeological site Stara Češma.[1] The toponym Albanopolis has been found on a funeral inscription. It was discovered in 1931 by Nikola Vulić and its text was analyzed and published in 1982 by Borka Dragojević-Josifovska. The inscription in Latin reads "POSIS MESTYLU F[ILIUS] FL[AVIA] DELVS MVCATI F[ILIA] DOM[O] ALBANOP[OLI] IPSA DELVS". It is translated as "Posis Mestylu, son of Flavia, daughter of Delus Mucati, who comes from Albanopolis". It dates to the end of the 1st century CE or the beginning of the 2nd century CE.[2]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gorno Sonje had 362 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Dimče, Kočo (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. стр. 370, Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences. ISBN 9789989101069
  2. Book: Dragojević-Josifovska, Borka . Inscriptions de la Mésie supérieure: Dragojević-Josifovska, B. Scupi et la région de Kumanovo . Centre d'études épigraphiques et numismatiques de la Faculté de philosophie de l'Université de Beograd . 1982 . 32.
  3. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 174.